10 Ways the GOP Budget Will Make Life Worse for Americans

| Jul 9, 2025 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyThe GOP’s “One Big Beautiful Bill,” which narrowly passed Congress and was recently signed by President Trump, represents the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich since chattel slavery. Here are just 10 of the worst things about it. 1. It’s going to...

I’m a Veteran of Auto Boycotts. My Advice to Tesla? Dump Musk

| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyElon Musk’s alliance with Donald Trump may be over for now, but the Tesla brand has yet to recover from Musk’s high profile foray into politics. Tesla stock has plummeted precipitously ever since Musk’s embrace of Donald Trump last year. It’s been enough to alarm...

The “Big Beautiful Bill” Will Subsidize the Billionaire Private Jet Class

| Jul 3, 2025 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedThe big Trump-GOP budget that recently passed Congress will slash trillions in taxes for billionaires and centi-millionaires while devastating services like Medicaid. Among those tax breaks for the ultra rich is a giveaway to the private jet lobby, which will force...

Trump Is Opening the Door to Scams Targeting Military Families

| Jul 2, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThe Trump administration could really lend a hand to veterans and servicemembers. Instead, it’s opening the door for scams targeting military families. Trump is dismantling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the 15-year-old consumer watchdog agency. The...

Trump’s Budget Will Devastate Health Care for Rural Families Like Mine

| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyFor generations, my family has lived in a rural Alabama county with just one community hospital, with 107 beds to service 60,000 people. Among those 60,000, 19 percent of individuals are covered by Medicaid — including my mom, sisters, aunts, and uncles. The hospital...

Regulate AI — for the Sake of Our Jobs, Brains, and Planet

| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedEverywhere we look, AI is treated like an inevitability. AI companies like ChatGPT and Open AI are expanding rapidly, and many Americans rely on AI assistants such as Alexa and Siri in their day-to-day lives. For some college students, not relying on AI can feel like...